August 7, 2009 by Peter | 23 Comments
Well, the 1930 census has been free for a few days now and, as you’ve probably noticed, we’ve run into a few problems. Overwhelming traffic The biggest problem is that we underestimated how fast word would get out and just … Continue reading
April 9, 2009 by Chris Willis | 3 Comments
Under the hood of Footnote lies a powerful search engine that keeps track of everything – nearly 300 million images, documents, annotation, comments and stories. But with the tremendous growth in search traffic on the site, we realized months ago … Continue reading
February 3, 2009 by Peter | Comments Off
Over the past month or so we’ve had reports that, for some people, the search results page was loading painfully slowly. It seemed to be something that only happened with certain browsers under certain conditions, so it took some sleuthing, … Continue reading
June 23, 2008 by Blake Scarbrough | 5 Comments
We recently switched to our new search experience. The new search is useful because it provides an effortless way to narrow your results. It does this by using an approach commonly referred to as “guided” or “faceted” navigation specifically tailored to your … Continue reading
May 8, 2008 by Peter | 5 Comments
Last week we made some updates to the site. In addition to fixing bugs and cleaning things up, we added a few new features that we hope will make the site easier to use. Here are some of our favorites: … Continue reading
February 2, 2008 by Peter | 2 Comments
We added some updates to the site last week. You may have noticed these, but if not, here are some things to look for: In the viewer: Full Screen Viewing: Now you can take advantage of the full size of … Continue reading
November 20, 2007 by Peter | 4 Comments
We’re pleased to report that we rolled some more updates to the site this morning. We hope they will make your time on Footnote more pleasant and productive. Updates to the site include: A completely revamped viewer More improvements to … Continue reading
